1937–38 Volume 62 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

1938 Basketball Reviewed
BASKETBALL continues its gargantuan
strides in the sports world
and again this year leads all attractions
for attendance, either indoor or outdoor.
Many romantic yarns are woven
the country over about basketball teams
that played together in high school and
then carried on in college. How Southern
California's team this year was composed
100 per cent of Indiana boys—it may be
the climate, but we doubt it. Games this
year attracted as many as 14,000 spectators.
With thrills every minute and bitter
moments of dismay, joy, and ecstasy alternately
tearing at your emotions, it is little
wonder that basketball is the nation's
most popular game.
The 1938 season has been a real Phi
Delt basketball year. Phis everywhere
have been real stars. One Phi broke the
Northwest Conference scoring record; another
was unanimous All-American; four
Phis made the first Pacific Northwest AU-
Conference team; two Phis made the All-
Big-Six Conference team; Two Phis made
the All-Big Ten team, and many others
were chosen on minor All-Conference
teams.
At Case, Ohio Eta had all five regular
starters and the first regular substitute; at
Franklin, Indiana Delta had four regulars
and six letter men; there were fourteen
Phi captains of varsity teams this
year. Our greatest regional record was in
the Pacific Northwest. This is a six-team
conference known as the Northern Division
of the Pacific Coast Conference. Its
members are Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Oregon State, Washington, and Washington
State. The winner of the Conference
plays the winner of the Coast Conference's
Southern Division, which consists of the
California, Stanford, Southern California,
and U.C.L.A. This year the title in
the Northern Division was won by Oregon
after a hot fight between Oregon,
By MURRAY S. SMITH, Knox '25
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Washington, Washington State, and
Idaho.
But the interesting part of the Conference
was the number of Phis who
competed. Out of a total of seventy-nine
participants in the twenty-game schedule,
fourteen were Phis. Six of these attained
some kind of recognition on at least two
of the various All-Conference teams
chosen at the end of the season. Another
interesting note is that the only three
men to score at least one field goal in
each of the twenty games were Phi's
Kramer, Carlson and Wintermute. Four
out of the six coaches are Phis—Howard
Hobson of Oregon; Forrest Twogood of
Idaho; Slats Gill of Oregon State, and
Jiggs Dahlberg of Montana.
It is with pleasure that I present to
you the 1937-38 All-Phi basketball selections.
At the forward positions, we award
ANDERSON. Purdue, ALL-AMERICAN CENTER